Cultivating-plow.



" No. 692,908. Patented Feb. n, |902.

J. Y. REYNOULDS. cuLTlvATmG PLow.

(Appucaeion mea oct. 1e, .1901.)

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JAMES YEWING REYNOULDS, OF MOLINO, TENNESSEE.

CULTIVATING-PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 692,908, dated February11, 1 902.

Application tiled October 16, 1901. Serial No. 78,878. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.:

Be it known that I, JAMES YEWING. REY NOULDS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Molino, in the county of Lincoln and State ofTennessee, have invented a new and useful 'Cultivating-Plow, of whichthe following is a speciication.

My invention is an improved reversible cultivating-plow which is adaptedto be used also as a harrow; and it consists in the peculiarconstruction and combination of devices hereinafter fully set forth andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of acultivating-plow embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a top plan View ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the plow reversed and adaptedfor use as a side harrow. Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse sectional viewtaken on a plane indicated by the line a a of Fig. l.

In the embodiment of my invention I provide the frame 1, which comprisesa longitudinally-disposed central bar2 and cross-bars 3 4 at the endsthereof, which cross-bars eX- tend in opposite directions. The crossbars3 are shorter than the cross-bars 4 and are provided Withadjusting-openings 5. In practice the bar 2 and cross-bars 3 4 are madeof iron or steel Welded together or are formed integrally, and thatportion of the bar 1 to which the bars 3 are attached is bifurcated, asat 6, to receive the upper end of a standard 7, which is adapted tocarry a cultivating shovel, point, or other suitable soil-stirringdevice or implement. The upper endof the said standard 7 is secured inthe fork or bifurcation of the bar 2' by a bolt 8 and is re- Versibletherein, as will be understood.

A pair of draft-bars 9 are adapted to be secured either to thecross-bars 3 or the crossbars 4 by bolts 10, and hence may be caused toextend from either end of the frame 1. A draft-yoke 11 is connected tothe said draftbars 9 by links 12 and is provided with adjusting-openings13 for the attachment of the said links thereto at any desired distancefrom its ends, so that compensation is made for the varying distancesbetween the said draft-bars 9, owing to their being adapted to beattached to either end of the frame, as hereinbefore stated. At the endsof the said draft-yoke are hooks or other suitable devices 14 for theattachment of singletrees, if a pair of horses are to be harnessed tothe plow, or for the attachment of the traces when a single horse is tobe attached thereto.

In connection With the frame 1 I providea pair of beams 15, each ofwhich is provided at suitable regular distances apart with a se-y riesof laterally-extending offsets 16. The ends 17 of the said beams areturned outwardly therefrom in opposite directions and are adaptedto'bear between the bars 3 and 4 of the frame 1. Pivotal bolts 18, whichare disposed in appropriate openings in the said bars 34, pass throughopenings in the outturned end portions 17 of said beams 15, and therebythe latter are connected pivotally to the said cross-bars of the saidframe, and the said beams 15 are adapted to be turned axially ontheirsaid pivotal bolts 18. The standards 19 of suitable shovels,points, or other soil-stirring implements 20 are secured to the saidbeams 15 in the angles formed by the lateral offset portions 16 thereofby bolts 21, and the said standards 19 may be reversed, as will beunderstood, to adapt the cultivating-plow to be run in either direction.It will be understood by an inspection of Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawingsthat the beams 15 diverge in one direction. It Will be furtherunderstood that by turning the said beams 15 axially on their pivotalbolts 1S the soil-stirring devices carried thereby may be moved towardand from each other. In order to thus enable the said beams to beturned, I attach the handles 22 to the said beams, respectively, as at23, said handles being adapted to be reversely disposed on the saidbeams. Each handle is further connected to one of the beams by a brace24. Springs 25, which are here shown as of inverted- U shape, aredisposed transversely between the bar 2 and vthe beams 15, their innerends being bolted to opposite sides of the said bar 2, as at 26, andtheir free ends bearing against the inner sides of the said beams 15.The said beams are normally retained with the standards 19 in verticalposition by theaction of the said springs 25; but the plowman bypressing the handles 22 toward or from each other may turn the saidbeams axially to move the soils stirring devices carried thereby eithertoward or from each other, as may be required by variations in the widthof the spaces between 'the rows or by irregularities in the rows.

In practice the standards will be provided with series of bolt-openingsto enable the ploWs to be vertically adjusted. The beams may be providedwith' any desired number of the oftsets 16 to enable any desired numberof the plows to be used.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. In a cultivating-plow, aframe comprising a longitudinal bar and cross-bars at the ends andprojecting from opposite sides thereof, in combination With beamscarrying soilstirring devices, said beams having their ends pivotallyconnected to the said cross-bars and handles attached to the saidrespective beams, whereby the latter may be turned axially to move thesoil-stirring devices carried thereby, toward or from each other,substantially as described. n

2. In a cultivating-plow, the combination of a frame, beams mounted andadapted to be turned therein in planes at right angles to their axes,and handles attached respectively to the beams, whereby the latter maybe turned to move the soil-stirring devices carried therebylaterally,toward and from each other,substantially as described.

3. Inacultivating-plow, the combination of a frame, a pair of beams,means for mounting the beams in the frame for rotary movement in planesat right angles to their axes and for laterally adjusting the beams inthe frame, toward and from each other, and handles attached respectivelyto the beams, whereby the latter may be turned to move the soil-stirringdevices carried thereby, laterally toward and from each other,substantially as described.

4c. In a cultivating-plow, the combination of a frame having cross-barsat its ends, a pair of beams having their ends pivotally connected tosaid cross-bars, whereby said beamsare adapted for axial movement,handles reversibly connected to said respective beams, and soil-stirringdevices having standards reversibly attached to said beams, whereby thesaid cultivator plow is adapted to be run with either end foremost, andsaid beams are adapted to be turned axially to move said soil-stirringdevices toward and from each other, substantially as described.

5. In a cultivating-plow, the combination of a frame comprising alongitudinal bar and cross-bars at the ends thereof, a pair of beamscarrying soil-stirring devices, said beams having their ends pivotallyconnected to said cross-bars and thereby adapted for axial movement,handles attached to said beams, respectively, and 'springs secured tosaid longitudinal bar and bearing against saidbeams, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aiiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

h JAS. YEVVING )l REYNOULDS.

mark lVitnesses:

W. B. DOUTHAT, G. N. PARKS, J r.

